I didn't always agree with F J's work, but he wrote serious history: Jennings, Francis, 1918- The Ambiguous Iroquois empire : the Covenant Chain confederation of Indian tribes with English colonies from its beginnings to the Lancaster Treaty of 1744 / New York : Norton, c1984. Jennings, Francis, 1918- The creation of America : through revolution to empire / Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. Jennings, Francis, 1918- Empire of fortune : crowns, colonies, and tribes in the Seven Years War in America / New York : Norton, c1988. Jennings, Francis, 1918- The founders of America : how Indians discovered the land, pioneered in it, and created great classical civilizations, how they were plunged into a Dark Age by invasion and conquest, and how they are reviving / New York : Norton, c1993. Jennings, Francis, 1918- The invasion of America : Indians, colonialism, and the cant of conquest / Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press, c1975. -- Jon Kukla www.JonKukla.com On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Tom Gilmore <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I didn't know anyone took anything written by Francis Jennings seriously. > Am I confusing him with someone else? I was under the impression his > "findings" are fiction: fun, good movie plots, but serious history? > --Tom Gilmore > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html